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NBA PLAYOFF FEATURES THROWBACK BASKETBALL

April 29, 2018 by

    The big question in NBA playoff basketball?   “Was that a foul? It’s a foul in the regular season, but not now? How is that fair?”   The regular answer? “It’s the playoffs. Things get rough. Man game.”   The top pic shows two titans of the eighties, Larry Bird and Julius Irving, […]

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Smart Boston Loves Boomerpdx Portland But It’s Not Enough

October 7, 2017 by

    Smart Boston got it’s name by being smart. No news there, not when the Wall Street Journal and Times Higher Education list of top colleges came out Wednesday, September 27th, 2017.   Do we all agree that the WSJ/THE poll helps smart Boston? With two of the top three colleges in town, there’s […]

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JORDAN BELL: OREGON DUCKS’ BILL RUSSELL

March 27, 2017 by

  6’9″ Jordan Bell, same size as Bill Russell. Wiki quote from Bill Russell: “The idea is not to block every shot. The idea is to make your opponent believe that you might block every shot.” Either Kansas had a bad shooting night, or Jordan Bell had a great game. (Bell’s Elite Eight stat line: […]

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WHY THE RAGE AGAINST GREATNESS?

June 12, 2014 by

Find a map that shows Miami Heat fans. It looks like one spot in Florida like the Heat. The rest of the nation pulls for San Antonio. Why? Could be everyone hates on LeBron. Or Miami. Or The Decision. For one group of fans, it’s none of the above. Older fans don’t want to hear […]

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